It's not recommended for several reasons.
It's not water-soluble
3 ml per gallon is not enough to treat many worms
Sick birds aren't usually drinking enough water.
If the bird weighed 2 pounds she did not under-dose.
Five pounds gets:
5 /2.2 x 50 /100 = 1.14 ml once for roundworms repeat in 10 days. For Capillary and gapes, give 1.14 ml for 5 days.
Yes, cost per mg of medication.
Safeguard for Goats = 12,500 mg fenbendazole and costs ~$30 = 0.0024 cents per mg
Safeguard paste for Horse = 2500 mg fenbendazole and costs ~$12 = 0.0048 cents per mg
Safeguard Large Dog - 666 mg fenbendazole and costs ~11 = 0.0165 cents per mg
I see I need to post the worming medications and dosages here. :th
Fenbendazole (Safeguard & Panacur liquid or paste in the US)
For large roundworms and cecal worms, you can give Safeguard or Panacur, liquid or paste, at 0.23 ml per pound once and repeat in ten days. However, if you have...
The label on the bottle is for goats. For the chicken dose, you must look it up in veterinary forumarlies. If you use the dose for goats that is written on the bottle you will be under-dosing your fowl.